Anna Whealing

MA Drama Directing


Biography

Anna is a Theatre Director on the MA course at BOVTS. She is directing a production of Black Mountain by Brad Birch at the Wardrobe Theatre for the Summer Season, and was Assistant Director on Tiger Country at the Tobacco Factory Theatre.

In 2018 she received a 1st class honours degree in English Language and Literature from the University of Edinburgh and since then has been working in the theatre industry in Scotland.

Previous Assisting credits include Love the Sinner (Vanishing Point), And… And… And… (Strange Town Touring Company), BABS and The Silver Superheroes (A Play, A Pie and A Pint).

It was always stressed that the contacts you make during your training are incredibly important, and your classmates are likely to end up being on set alongside you in the future. After working with a director of photography on one of the School’s short films, I was invited to work on a project with him outside of Bristol - proving that the professionals we meet via the School, may one day give us a call to action! Muir McFadden, Technical Graduate